eBay hacked, Encrypted passwords and non-financial data stolen

E-commerce company eBay Inc urges users to change their passwords following a security breach impacting a database containing encrypted passwords and non-financial data.

The database accessed by hackers includes customers' information such as names, encrypted passwords, email IDs, birth dates and phone number.

eBay said it had found no evidence that any financial or credit card information, which is said to be stored in separate database server in encrypted format.

The company also said a small number of employee login credentials have been stolen in the breach, which allowed intruders to gain access to its corporate network.

The company said the breach happened between late February and early March.

eBay can sent out all the "Offer" mails to users immediately...but why it is taking long to send a security warning?! Once they know the attack has happened and details have been compromised, why wait?!